Improvement in flour-sifters



A. C. SELLECK. Improvement in Flour Sifters.

Patented Jan. 30,1872. /7il NITED STATES ALLEN C. SELLECK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOUR-SIFTERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,129, dated January 30, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN C. SELLECK, of the city ot' Chicago, in the county of Cool; and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and Improved Flour-Sitter, of which the following is a specification:

Nature ofthe Invention.

My invention relates to devices for sifting iiour; and consists in combining a collar or shield with the knob of an agitator-Working in a slot ofa scoop-sieve, as hereinafter described.

General Description.

In the drawing, Figure lis a plan of my device. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectionof the receptacle and sittin g device; Fig. 3, a perspective view ofthe agitator detached.

A is the body oi' a tlourscoop, which is prei'- erably made circular in form, and is provided with a handle, a.. The bottom of scoop or oth- -er vessel adapted for use as a sitter, instead of' is soldered a collar or shield, c3, which serves to conceal the slot al, and, bypassing through the loops a2, acts as a guide tothe movement ofthe agitator C.

The operation of the device is as follows: Having tilled the scoop with iour or other material which it is desired to sift, the scoop is held in an upright position by the handle aA with the left hand and the knob c2 is grasped with the righthaud. By moving the knob back and forth the length oil the slot a circular rcciprocal movement is imparted to the agitator C, which causes the arms c1 to pass over acertain portion of the wire surface B, and, as the said arms are in contact or nearly in Contact with the wire bottom, the agitation induced will cause any particles which are of less dialneter than the interstices or mesh ofthe wire to pass through.

The action of the agitator C is only to stir up the iiour or other material, with no tendency to crush any dirt which may be contained in the scoop.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the collar or shield c3 with the knob c2 and agitator C, for the object described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: ALLEN C. SELLECK.

C. C. PECK, GEO. W. MIATT. 

